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Fellow vs Fireflies
Fellow and Fireflies compared on what their own pages say, row by row — nothing about either in our words except a plain reading at the end.
Fellow and Fireflies, row by row
| Fellow | Fireflies | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan: how much | “5 AI notes (lifetime) / user” — Free source | “400 mins of storage/team” — the free plan; transcription itself is not capped source |
| Free plan: longest meeting | Not stated on the pages we read | “Recording limit 2 Hours” — the free plan source |
| Cheapest paid plan | “$7 per user / month billed annually” — Team source | “$10 per seat / month, billed annually” — Pro source |
| How it gets into a meeting | Not stated on the pages we read | “Record using Chrome extension without Fireflies bot” — or as a bot that joins the call source |
| Meeting apps | “Google Meet integration” — and Zoom and Microsoft Teams, on every plan source | “Record Zoom, Gmeet, MS teams, 10+” source |
| Languages | “AI meeting transcription (100+ languages)” source | “Transcription in 100+ languages” source |
| Video recording | Not stated on the pages we read | “Capture meeting video 720p” — paid plans source |
| Downloads and export | Not stated on the pages we read | “Download transcripts, summaries, recordings” — Pro and up source |
| Single sign-on | “Single sign-on (Okta, OneLogin)” — Enterprise source | “SSO + SCIM” — Enterprise source |
| API | “API access” — Team and up source | “API access 30/min · 500/day” — the free plan; higher limits on paid plans source |
Every cell is the company's own words, linked. Prices change — this is what each page said on 10 November 2026. Something changed? Tell us.
What the two pages add up to
- Fellow’s free plan gives five AI notes per person, for good, not per month; Fireflies’ free plan does not cap transcription but caps storage.
- Both list transcription in over 100 languages.
- Fellow’s cheapest paid plan is $7 a user a month billed yearly; Fireflies’ is $10.
Which matters for your meetings
Fellow's free AI notes are a trial — five in total, not five a month — so regular use means paying, though its cheapest plan costs less than Fireflies' per person. Fireflies' free plan lasts but limits storage. Fellow is also a meeting-agenda tool, which matters if you want notes and agendas in one place.
What that comes to, worked out
For a team of six, Fellow's free plan allows thirty AI notes in all, five a person, and they are not renewed. Fireflies' free plan does not cap transcription but stores 400 minutes for the team, which is six hour-long meetings with room to spare for a short one. Paid, six seats come to $504 a year on Fellow's Team plan and $720 on Fireflies Pro, both billed yearly, so Fellow is the cheaper by $216 for that team.
The sums use only the numbers quoted above. Yearly prices are the monthly figure times twelve.
Where Meetful is different from both
Meetful is a meeting app rather than a notetaker you add to someone else's call. It transcribes each person from their own microphone, so every line carries the name of whoever said it without guessing, and there is no bot in the participant list. The notes, the recording and the transcript are free, and anybody in the meeting can leave themselves out of the notes.
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